diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 8814310d6ed621ee19bd3a4aecf5d209b2585f49..3a2501f27c8dd877b948eeaaa4e1a1fa20208725 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void kvm_async_pf_task_wake(u32 token)
 		 */
 		if (!dummy) {
 			raw_spin_unlock(&b->lock);
-			dummy = kzalloc(sizeof(*dummy), GFP_KERNEL);
+			dummy = kzalloc(sizeof(*dummy), GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 			/*
 			 * Continue looping on allocation failure, eventually